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Description: | Early Medieval or Medieval umbonate disc made from copper alloy. The central boss is 12.8mm in diameter x 7.0mm high. In its centre is a hole containing iron corrosion products. Around the boss is an assymetric flange, its width verying between 4.2 and 2.1mm. It appears to have been cut down rather than damaged. The flange bears a ring of 2.0mm diameter stamped annulets. This object is difficult to date or parallel, association and the use of stamp decoration suggest an Early Medieval date but it could be later. Diameter 22.0mm, Height 7.0mm, Thickness 1.4mm, Mass 4.06g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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